I feel awkward expressing gratitude on Thanksgiving. I haven’t been a fan for Thanksgiving for a long time. As a teacher, I appreciate the long weekend, but my family doesn’t tend to make a big deal of it. This year, for dinner, we had a modest meal. Something we might have had any other night….
Month: November 2018
Breaking Through Our Golems
I bet you know what I’m about to say. Not all of it, of course, not every detail. But by now, if you’ve read the headline, if you know what site this essay is on, and especially if you’ve looked at my bio or read any of my past articles, you have a pretty good…
Being a Man
I am a white man. This essay is about my gender, but first I’ll talk about my race. ◊♦◊ With my skin I inherit generations of abuse against people who are not white. This includes people whose skin looks like mine, but who were stripped of their whiteness because of their specific background: Irish. Polish….
The Privilege of Civility
My progressive and liberal friends are arguing again. The midterm elections are approaching. We’re reeling from several acts of violence including shootings that killed eleven at a temple and two at a grocery store, as well as over a dozen bombs mailed to prominent Democrats. Thousands of Hondurans are marching towards the US border despite…